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Super Adventure Box is live this week in Guild Wars 2 with new racing adventures
When ArenaNet announced last week that Super Adventure Box was returning to Guild Wars 2 this week, it wasn't entirely clear that new content...
The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMO to make you feel like a kid again?
Last month on /r/mmorpg, there was a thread about finding MMOs that will make you feel like a kid again. You can probably guess...
Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box event returns next week
It's finally happening! Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box mode will return next week on March 28th through April 18th, bringing 8bit jumping puzzles...
Survived By passes away on April 19
Sad news for fans of Survived By today, as the game has announced that it is ending development and planning for a full shutdown on...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Fear not this night – there is hope for Guild Wars 2’s future
The last two weeks of February were devastating to the Guild Wars 2 community. Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet announced the layoffs of nearly...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Astroflux, Star Sonata, and Mankind Reborn
Welcome back to another brief roundup of MMOs and other online games you've (probably) never heard of.
Astroflux is an interesting one that came across...
Guild Wars 2 player builds Super Adventure Box guild hall in tribute to designer Josh Foreman
My kid has already started pestering me about Super Adventure Box this year. It's almost April 1st. Is it open yet? Will there be...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs as distraction vs. culture
Earlier this month, there was a fascinating conversation swirling around a Gamasutra article by Bryant Francis, specifically a quote from game dev Patric Mondou. "We're moving away...
Gamigo promises a ‘new and improved gardening system’ for Trove in 2019
While Gamigo may be cutting back on RIFT's extracurricular activities, Trove appears to be getting both more content and events. St. Qubeslick 2019, for...
The MOP Up: MapleStory goes to the arcade
If you're playing MapleStory, chances are that you're not too prim and proper to enjoy some goofy fun. So pop in a quarter and...
Perfect Ten: Totally rad ’80s cartoons that would make bodacious MMORPGs
In another reality where our passion for MMORPGs is matched only by the power of nostalgia for the greatest era of cartoons, we would...
Fortnite adds treasure maps and the best ice slide mode ever
So that new pirate theme is still creeping its way across Fortnite, continuing today with the release of 8.01 - and treasure maps. The...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 210: The spice must flow
Justin and Bree discuss Funcom's Dune, Anarchy Online's prog, Elder Scrolls Online's Wrathstone, Atlas' wipe, Guild Wars 2's layoffs, DDO's Sharn expansion, and Outlaws of the Old West, with adventures in Eldevin, LOTRO, Paragon Chat, Trove, and SWG; a mailbag question on finding laid-back MMOs; and a sponsored segment on Black Desert.
Dual Universe showcases community ship creations in new alpha video
When you hear the word "voxel," chances are that chunky, Minecraft-like building blocks come to mind. But Dual Universe is bound and determined to...
MapleStory’s Arcade Adventures, MapleStory 2’s end to Fairfight, and MapleStory M’s Monster Carnival
There's so much stuff going on in the MapleStory franchise right now. For starters, in MapleStory 2, Nexon is prepping the Fairwell Fairfight update (say that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 209: ArenaNet layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, and PlanetSide Arena delays
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 layoffs, Blizzard layoffs, PlanetSide Arena's delay, WoW's allied races, and LOTRO's expansion, with adventures in DDO, SWGL, and Trove, and mailbag letters on ethical studios, ancient MMOs, and Project Titan.
Project Gorgon dev on hiring and content cadence: ‘I can confidently say we are not gonna fail’
Are you grumpy about how long some indie games take to develop? Yeah, join the club - the indie devs are too.
That's the takeaway...
The MOP Up: TERA and PUBG combine unholy forces
TERA sent out a press release this week confirming the end of the world: "Finally, the dream collaboration between TERA and PUBG is real!...
The Game Archaeologist: Terra, SubSpace, and Sovereign
In the MMO industry, science fiction has always taken the role of the overlooked little brother to big sister fantasy's popularity. Sure, there have...
Massively Overthinking: Showing up vs. showing off in MMOs
Last week's Daily Grind about ambient sociability got a lot of MMO gamers talking about that desire to have people around, even if they...
